Improvement in apparatus for steaming food



v I. 13.- H. ANDREWS.

ED STATES THOMAS B. H. ANDREWS, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR STEAMIN G FOOD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,745, dated November28, 1876; application filed May 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS B. H. AN-DREWS,.Of Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Apparatus for Steaming Food, of which thefollowing is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved ap- 'paratus for steaming food; Fig. 2, a perspective viewof the evaporating-pan.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to an improved appa ratus for steaming food of allkinds, boiling sugar, canning fruit, and for other purposes; and itconsists of a furnace with detachable steam-chest and food-box,connected by steam connecting and distributingpipes with thesteam-chest. The draft of the furnace may be readily changed by means ofdampers, according to the purpose to which the apparatus is applied.

In the drawing, A represents the furnace, and B the steam-chest, whichis placed upon the same, and supplied with water for generating steamfrom a reservoir, or in other suitable manner. The food-steaming box 0is supported on an ezitensiou-chamber, A, of the furnace, which may bemade in one piece therewith, ofcast or sheet iron, and separatedtherefrom by a hinged damper, C, so that the gases of combustion may bedrawn through the same, or not. The furnace has two additionaldampersnamely, a front damper, a, and a side damper, b'the hinged damperG and side damper b being closed when the appara' tus is used, as shownin Fig. 1, for the purpose of steaming food. The smoke, &c., is thendrawn through a pipe, (I, at the rear of the furnace, and thentransferred to a short food-box, and is thereby distributed throughoutthe food, a cover being placed on the same to retain the heat.

The food is thereby steamed in a quick and effective manner, while, bytaking off the steam-chest and food-box, the furnace may be employed forother purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A furnace having dampers a b, steam-chest B, food-box (J, and chamber A,with damper (3, all arranged as shown and described, for the purposespecified.

* THOMAS B. H. ANDREWS.

Witnesses l11os. B. ANDREWS, SARAH O. MYERS.

